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jon lennard wrote: >What surprises me is if I logout and then execute the login command with no >account >information, i.e. > > cvs -d :sspi:cvsservermachine:/cvsrepository login > >I am prompted for a password and can choose to just hit return or enter >nonsense, >but I STILL login successfully even though my local account means nothing to >the >cvs server. What am I not understanding? > > Do you have the guest account enabled on the server? I bet that's what is happening. I tried just what you outlined on a test system here and AFAICT it works properly. When CVSNT authenticates via sspi, Windows will try a few things including your existing credentials and a guest account before it rejects you. Let us know if this isn't the case. Regards, -- Glen Starrett --(shameless plug)-- Help Scotty get his star: http://www.ScottysStar.com/